Owner's Manual
Appendix B: MIDI
B•5
Using POD HD500 as a MIDI Controller Device
You can congure any number of your POD HD500 Presets to include customized MIDI
Control assignments for most footswitches and Pedal controls. This allows you to use POD
HD500 to remotely control other hardware or software, such as Line 6 M13, M9, POD®
Farm 2 Plug-In, another POD HD500 or HD Pro device, or any other Line 6 or 3rd party
products that respond to external MIDI control!
Note that footswitches FS5 - FS8 will only transmit your configured MIDI assignments when
their Setup option is set to the FS5 - FS8 “Pedalboard Mode” - see “Page 1, Setup:Utilities
Options” on page 2•2
. Also, when POD HD Pro is actively in Looper Mode, fixed MIDI
CCs are transmitted from some footswitches - see “Looper Mode Footswitch Behaviors”
on page B•8
.
The MIDI ASSIGN Screen
The MIDI ASSIGN screen is where you congure custom MIDI commands. To access
the MIDI ASSIGN screen, start on the Home View page and press and hold the MOVE
button. All settings in this screen are saved per Preset.
ENTER
DBL PRESS TO ASSIGN CTL
MOVE
AMP & FX ON / OFF
Press and hold the MOVE button to display the MIDI ASSIGN screen
Use the and Nav. Disc buttons to select the desired footswitch or Exp Pedal control.
The selected control is indicated by the down arrow (such as FS2 in the above screen).
Once selected, the control’s MIDI options can be edited using the Multi-function Knobs
1-4. Each respective control in the screen indicates if it has an active MIDI assignment: